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Feudalism

Corona and the Rise of the German Police State

Photo: author’s private collection. A few weeks ago, a German women did something illegal. She bought a book called 1984 in a local bookstore. The bookseller was crying because he had not seen a customer for ages. Just a few months ago, these three rather unassuming sentences would have been…

bubmagApril 17, 2020

Animal Protection

We Need a Progressive Alternative to the Humane Society Legislative Fund

The Humane Society Legislative Fund was launched in 2004 as a political voice for three animal-protection groups: The Doris Day Animal League, The Fund for Animals, and, of course, The Humane Society of the United States. I’m a big fan of HSLF. I subscribe to their email blasts; I’ve used…

bubmagApril 17, 2020

Scottish National Party

Scotland prepared to diverge from rest of UK on coronavirus, Sturgeon says

The Scottish government is prepared to diverge from the rest of UK on measures to tackle the coronavirus, Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon said this morning. "If I was being advised and the judgement I was applying to that advice told me that I had to do something different to the…

bubmagApril 17, 2020

Protectionism

‘India Unlimited: Reclaiming the Lost Glory’ review: Hurdles to India’s growth

Arvind Panagariya was the vice-chairman of NITI Aayog from January 2015 to August 2017, the crucial initial years in which the Narendra Modi government’s economic policy agenda took shape. He was hand-picked by the Prime Minister for building a new institution to replace the Nehruvian vestige, the Planning Commission.When an…

bubmagApril 17, 2020

Antibiotics

Antibiotics Separation with MXene Membranes Based on Regularly Stacked High‐Aspect‐Ratio Nanosheets

Research Article First published: 10 March 2020 Abstract The uncontrolled release of antibiotics and pharmaceuticals into the environment is a worldwide increasing problem. Thus, highly efficient treatment technologies for wastewater are urgently needed. In this work, seven kinds of typical antibiotics (including water and alcohol soluble ones) are successfully separated…

bubmagApril 17, 2020

Antibiotics

Antibiotics Separation with MXene Membranes Based on Regularly Stacked High‐Aspect‐Ratio Nanosheets

Research Article First published: 10 March 2020 Abstract The uncontrolled release of antibiotics and pharmaceuticals into the environment is a worldwide increasing problem. Thus, highly efficient treatment technologies for wastewater are urgently needed. In this work, seven kinds of typical antibiotics (including water and alcohol soluble ones) are successfully separated…

bubmagApril 17, 2020

Antibiotics

Antibiotics Separation with MXene Membranes Based on Regularly Stacked High‐Aspect‐Ratio Nanosheets

Research Article First published: 10 March 2020 Abstract The uncontrolled release of antibiotics and pharmaceuticals into the environment is a worldwide increasing problem. Thus, highly efficient treatment technologies for wastewater are urgently needed. In this work, seven kinds of typical antibiotics (including water and alcohol soluble ones) are successfully separated…

bubmagApril 17, 2020

Alexander von Humboldt

Synthesis of a Counteranion‐Stabilized Bis(silylium) Ion

A common way of stabilizing silylium ions is by Lewis pair formation with σ‐basic molecules to yield onium ions.1 Under certain circumstances, that is with no such Lewis base present in the reaction medium, even an Si−H bond can lend stabilization to a silylium ion in the form of a…

bubmagApril 17, 2020

Matteo Salvini

The ECB Is Back on the Front Line of Crisis

View photos(Bloomberg) -- More than half a trillion euros of emergency fiscal aid by the European Union apparently isn’t sufficient to shift the burden of fighting the coronavirus crisis from the European Central Bank.Just over a week since governments reached an uneasy agreement on a joint rescue package, strains in…

bubmagApril 17, 2020

Plastic Pollution

Motor racing: Andretti Autosport to race in inaugural Extreme E season

LONDON (Reuters) - U.S.-based Andretti Autosport has signed up as the sixth team to race in Extreme E next year, the electric off-road SUV racing series announced on Friday. The Michael Andretti-led outfit has won the Indianapolis 500 five times and taken four IndyCar series titles. It also runs the…

bubmagApril 17, 2020

Corona and the Rise of the German Police State

We Need a Progressive Alternative to the Humane Society Legislative Fund

Scotland prepared to diverge from rest of UK on coronavirus, Sturgeon says

‘India Unlimited: Reclaiming the Lost Glory’ review: Hurdles to India’s growth

Antibiotics Separation with MXene Membranes Based on Regularly Stacked High‐Aspect‐Ratio Nanosheets

Antibiotics Separation with MXene Membranes Based on Regularly Stacked High‐Aspect‐Ratio Nanosheets

Antibiotics Separation with MXene Membranes Based on Regularly Stacked High‐Aspect‐Ratio Nanosheets

Synthesis of a Counteranion‐Stabilized Bis(silylium) Ion

The ECB Is Back on the Front Line of Crisis

Motor racing: Andretti Autosport to race in inaugural Extreme E season

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